Asher’s P O V
I have seen Leander in very bad shapes during his twenty nine years. I have seen him beaten to a pulp, within an inch of his life. I have seen him numb with no feelings at all. I have seen him so full of rage it felt like he could solely tear down the earth. But I have never seen him like this. He was a total wreck. He might not know it but he was attatched to Morena. He was obsessed with her. I knew he cared about her. I have caught him multiple times watching her through the surveillance cameras and I held back from teasing him. he had very random and most times violent reactions. I can not blame him after all he went through. I would have gone mad if I went through that. I almost went out of my mind once before and he was the only one who fought to get me back when every one else had given up on me. And now it was my turn to fight for him.
It felt like forever while we sat there waiting for the damn doctor. I could hear her heart beat. It was the only sign we had that she was still alive and probably the only thing that was holding my brother back from baging in on the doctor and giving him an earful. He finally come out with a grim expression and Leander immediately gets up frantically asking for answers.
“How is she? Is she awake?” He bombards the poor doctor with question after question. “Calm down, Leander.” I say placing a hand over his shoulder.
“She is stable. For now.” The doctor says.
“What do you mean?” I ask.
“She is badly hurt? Almost every bone in her body was broken. I have only seen such state in werewolves who shifted too early or when their bodies were not ready for it. Like your late cousin...” He gets interrupted by a growl from Leander at the slight implication that Morena might actually die. I was starting to think that the doctor had no common sense. How could he say to a raged alpha that his mate might pass away. “I apologize, alpha. I did not mean in anyway to imply that Luna Morena is going to be harmed. On the contrary, she is very resilient. Our luna is a strong.” He says with a smile and I see Leander visibly relax.
“I could not help but notice something though. She is very weak. she is not built like usual werewolves. I felt like I was treating a normal human rather than one of our own. I suspect that she would take longer to heal back. I will help her with every thing I can, of course.” He explains.
“Can I see her?” Leander asks.
“Of course, having her mate with her is going to help her. but She will not be awake for a while. I put her on some strong sedatives in hopes she heals a bit before waking up because she will be in a lot of pain.” he replies and Leander immediately enters the room.
I thank the doctor before dismissing him. I enter the room to find Morena laying on the bed. She was bandaged from head to toe and had wires coming out of her. The doctor was not kidding when he said she was in a bad shape. Leander was lightly holding her hand with a grim expression on his face.
“I will take care of the pack for the next few days. You are in no shape to do so. So just stay with her.” I say and he simply nods in response.
I leave him there and head back to the pack house. I mind link Asmund to tell him we were going to meet up later to discuss how things were going to go in the next few days. I also order a maid to take a change of clothes to Leander and mind link him about it. I was sure he did not want anybody to see Morena like that and we already instructed the doctor to keep his mouth shut.
I grab my phone when I was back in my room and sure no one could hear me.
“Tell me you have news for me.” I say as soon as the person on the other side replies.
“Well hello to you too, Asher. Is this the first thing you say to me after not talking for over a month.” She says and I roll my eyes at her. “Now is not the time for this. I asked something of you last time. I am only calling to see if you made any progress.” I curtly reply. “Still keeping the conversation short, I see. Are you still afraid to tell your brother?” she asks and I remain silent.
“Okay okay, no need to go radio silent on me. I have been looking into the matter and progress is being made. i can not tell you for sure but I thing I found a trail. I am following it now and hopefully I will get to something.” She expalins.
“Thank you.” I reply.
“Now can we talk about you? “ She asks and I frown.
“What about me?” I demand.
“How are you?” She asks.
“I am fine. You know I despise mundane conversations, especially with you.” I curtly reply.
“I am not asking mundane questions and I was not asking if you are well or not.” She sarcastically says.
“Then what were you asking about?” I demand.
“Your heart. How is your heart?” She asks.
“My heart is still the in the same place as last month. I do not see why you make it a necessity to ask me this everytime we talk.” I bite out.
“Because I care about you. even if you do not give a damn about me. You will get your second chance, Asher.” She sighs.
“I did not ask for one.” I reply.
“But you will get it. and It is closer to you than you can possibly imagine.” She says before hanging up and leaving me in my own turmoil of feelings.